ORUNMILA SAYS IT SHOULD BE DONE BIT BY BIT; I SAY IT IS BIT BY BIT THAT WE SHOULD EAT THE HEAD OF THE

RAT; IT IS BIT BY BIT THAT WE SHOULD EAT THE HEAD OF THE FISH. THE ONE WHO COMES FROM THE SEA, WHO COMES FROM THE LAGOON TO RECEIVE THE HEAD OF THE COW WAS NOT UNIMPORTANT AT IFE LONG AGO. WE ARE NOT AS LARGE AS THE ELEPHANT NOR AS STOUT AS THE BUFFALO . THE SASH THAT IS WORN UNDERNEATH IS NOT AS FINE AS THE SASH THAT IS TIED ON TOP. NO KING IS AS GREAT AS THE ONI. NO STRING OF COWRIES IS AS LONG AS THAT OF YEMIDEREGBE; YEMIDEREGBE IS WHAT WE CALL THE SEA GODDESS. ORUNMILA SAYS THAT WE SHOULD MEASURE THE LENGTH AND MEASURE THE BREADTH. THE HAND REACHES MUCH HIGHER THAN THE HEAD; YOUNG PALM FRONDS REACH MUCH HIGHER THAN OLD PALM FRONDS. NO FOREST IS SO DENSE THAT THE IROKO TREE CANNOT BE SEEN; NO MUSIC IS SO LOUD THAT THE GONG CANNOT BE HEARD. "MINE IS IMPORTANT, MINE IS IMPORTANT" IS THE CRY OF THE GREY HERON. "WELL THEN, WHOSE AFFAIR IS MOST IMPORTANT? "CLEARLY PALM TREE'S AFFAIR IS MOST IMPORTANT, CLEARLY. "OKAN SPROUTS, IT REACHES THE ROAD; "CLEARLY PALM TREE'S AFFAIR IS MOST IMPORTANT, CLEARLY. "OGAN SPROUTS, IT REACHES THE ROAD; "CLEARLY PALM TREE'S AFFAIR IS MOST IMPORTANT, CLEARLY. "'MINE IS IMPORTANT, MINE IS IMPORTANT' IS THE CRY OF THE GREY HERON; "CLEARLY PALM TREE'S AFFAIR IS MOST IMPORTANT, CLEARLY. "NO MUSIC IS SO LOUD THAT THE GONG CANNOT BE HEARD; "CLEARLY PALM TREE'S AFFAIR IS MOST IMPORTANT, CLEARLY." -----------------------------------------

"THUNDERSTONES ARE POWERFUL, ARIRA THE POWERFUL ONE" AND "THE MIGHTY HILL HAS A CONICAL APEX" WERE THE ONES WHO CAST IFA FOR ORUNMILA WHEN HE WAS GOING TO THE CITY OF ILA OBAMOWO. HE WAS ASSURED OF A GAINFUL PRACTICE BUT HE WAS WARNED TO PERFORM SACRIFICE. AFTER HE PERFORMED THE SACRIFICE HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING ALL HIS GAINS HOME. HE SAID, "THUNDER STONES ARE POWERFUL, ARIRA THE POWERFUL ONE" AND "THE MIGHTY HILL HAS A CONICAL APEX WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA FOR ORUNMILA WHEN HE WAS GOING TO THE CITY OF ILA OBAMOWO. "ADIEEKE IS THE NAME OF THE SON OF IFA. "ERE IS THE NAME OF THE SON OF OONI.

"ORUNMILA LET ME BRING MY GAINS HOME UNFAILINGLY." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------"WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES ARE DOING I MUST DO" WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA FOR CHICKEN EGG WHO WAS A FRIEND OF KANAKANA WHEN THEY WERE BOTH GOING TO WAGE WAR ON THE CITY OF IGBOMOKO ESEGI. THEY WERE BOTH TOLD TO PERFORM SACRIFICE. CHICKEN EGG WAS WARNED NOT TO GO BUT HE SAID HE WOULD GO. AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVED AT THE CITY GATES THEY STARTED TO DANCE. WHEREVER KANAKANA GOES, IT GOES WITH FULL FORCE, THAT IS HOW HE HAS MADE HIS WAY FOR HIMSELF. AS SOON AS CHICKEN EGG DID THE SAME THING, HE FELL DOWN AND WAS BROKEN INTO PIECES. IT WAS WITH REGRET THAT HE GAVE PRAISE TO HIS IFA PRIESTS. HE SAID, "WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES ARE DOING I MUST DO" WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA FOR CHICKEN EGG WHO WAS A FRIEND OF KANAKANA WHEN THEY WERE BOTH GOING TO WAGE WAR ON THE CITY OF IGBOMOKO ESEGI. "IT IS NOT A LONG TIME, "IT IS NOT A DISTANT TIME, "COME AND SEE US CONQUERING WITH SACRIFICE." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------"I LIFT UP MY ARMS IN JOYFUL SATISFACTION" WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA FOR ORUNMILA. THE GOOD FATHER WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD NOT CARRY HIS RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE END OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS TOLD TO PERFORM SACRIFICE AND HE PERFORM IT. AS A RESULT HE BECAME IMPENETRABLE. HE SAID, "I LIFT UP MY ARMS IN JOYFUL SATISFACTION" WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA FOR ORUNMILA. THE GOOD FATHER WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD NOT CARRY HIS RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE END OF HIS LIFE. I WILL CARRY MY RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE END OF MY LIFE! I LIFT UP MY ARMS IN JOYFUL SATISFACTION! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------"PAKELEMO, THE DIVINER OF HEAD" WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA FOR HEAD WHEN HEAD WAS WEEPING BECAUSE HE HAD NO WIFE. "PAKELEMO, THE DIVINER OF CHEST" WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA FOR CHEST WHEN CHEST WAS WEEPING BECAUSE HE HAD NO FRIENDS. "PAKELEMO, THE DIVINER OF GENITAL ORGANS" WAS THE ONE WHO CAST IFA

FOR GENITAL ORGANS WHEN THEY WERE WEEPING BECAUSE THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. THEY WERE ALL TOLD TO PERFORM SACRIFICE AND AFTER THEY PERFORMED IT, THEY HAD ALL THE GOOD THINGS THEY LACKED. THEY SAID, "PAKELEMO, THE GOOD FATHER, WE THANK YOU. "HEAD MADE SACRIFICE AND HEAD HAD WIVES. "PAKELEMO, THE GOOD FATHER, WE THANK YOU. "CHEST MADE SACRIFICE AND CHEST MADE FRIENDS. "PAKELEMO, THE GOOD FATHER, WE THANK YOU. "GENITAL ORGANS MADE SACRIFICE AND THEY HAD CHILDREN. "PAKELEMO, THE GOOD FATHER, WE THANK YOU."